Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

In The Beginning: Big Smoke

CJ walked up into the familiar house. The blue wall paint brought him back. He looked around, the house in good condition. CJ grabbed a picture of his mom, and began hearing voices from when he was younger.

He pulled out a chair, and examined her picture in grief. Sorrow. He sighed, as he rubbed the picture, missing her.

A large figure walk in. "You pick the wrong house fool!" A large black man, wearing a green shirt and blue pants.

CJ dropped the picture, grabbed the chair, and used it as a defense item, yelling "Big Smoke! It's me, Carl! Chill! Chill!"

Big Smoke stopped. Recognizing him. He tossed the bat aside and yelled, "Ooohhhh! CJ my dawg! Whassup?" they hugged. "Hey baby, you okay man?"

"No man, miss my moms, homie."

Using hand gestures, Big Smoke said: "Hey man, I don't know why this had to happen, but I promise you, I'm gonna find out who killed your moms! The streets is cold dawg. Like it says in the book, we are blessed, and cursed."

CJ threw his hands up, "What fucking book?"
"Same things make us laugh, make us cry. But right now, we gotta take care our business. Go see your brother at the cemetery. Let's bounce."

"Wait."

"Yeah?"

"What were you doing here?" CJ walked into the kitchen, to find that his fridge had been practically emptied. He sorta laughed and said, "Shit man."

Big Smoke shrugged. "Let's bounce, come on."

They walked out, the temperature even higher than before. The air was thick and muggy. A car parked out in the driveway. That wasn't there before.

"You wanna drive?" Big Smoke asked.

"Yeah, that's cool, nice car, Smoke."

"You know me, it's not cut. Keep the value in it. Keep it real."

In a matter of minutes, CJ had followed the highway to the cemetery, cars parked along the streets. The got out and walked up into the cemetery. It was now about noon.

Three people are standing around in the cemetery, 2 guys, and a girl.

"I've missed you these five years man, they're gonna be real happy to see you." Big Smoke walked up to the three and said, "Hey, whassup ya'll? Look who I found hanging around."

Kendl's (Carl's sister) expression changed once he arrived. He face light up with happiness. "Carl, Hey, good to see you." She gave him a friendly hug. Carl was back.

Carl sighed, "I can't believe she's gone, man."

Sweet, Carl's brother, pointed at Carl and shouted, "That's another funeral you ran away from, fool! Just like Brian's!"

CJ got defensive, "Hey! She was my Mamma too!"

"Not for the past five years she wasn't!"

"Aw, come one!" said Kendl, getting frustrated, she threw her hands up and started to walk away.

"Where the fuck do you think you're going?" Sweet said to Kendl. He walked up to her.

"What? Get outta my face. I'm going to see Cesar!" She started walking again. Sweet stopped her.

"The hell you are girl! I ain't messing with them eses! You know we beat em!"

"I love him, and what the fuck are you?" Everyone was just listening to the conversation.

"At least I got principals."

"Oh, I guess that makes you an upstanding American. Carl, tell him!"

"Carl won't tell me shit!" She started walking off again, Sweet stopped her again.

"As long as he treats her right. Disrespect you, and he's dead." pointed out Carl.

Sweet turned to face CJ. "How the hell you say that? Like it's any business of yours."

Kendl turned to Sweet, "Fuck you, Sweet." She walked away.

"Oh shit, here we go again." said CJ.

"This shit's real fucked up! Everything!" Sweet yelled, making gestures.

"What you mean?"

"What? Apart from your Mother being dead? Things are going real bad. Here, let me show you, running man. Tony's buried over there. Little Devil over there, Big Devil over there. Man, it's just crazy - everybody blasts on fools first then asks questions second."

With that over, everyone starts to exit the cemetery, Carl exhausted from the yelling. They were walking out to Smoke's car.

Almost to the car, a Ballas car drives by.

"Shit! Drive by! Everybody down!" someone yelled.

Bullets flew around, missing the group of four. A bullet pierced the gas tank on Smoke's car. It exploded, turning into a black model of what had existed before.

"My car! My fucking car man!" Big Smoke yelled.

Sweet noticed some bike parked across the street upon a sidewalk. Everyone ran to them. "Everyone get on a bike, even you remember that CJ." They all rode off along a road, heading to Mulholland intersection, passing cars and pedestrians on the way. A car was following them, purple clothes. Ballas.

A few bullets shot out at them as they were riding. "I thought this was families turf!" CJ pointed out.

"Yeah, Temple Drive's family. We don't roll with them no more." Sweet explained.

"Man, this shit is fucked up."

By the time they got the intersection, the car neared up behind them. "Shit! A Ballas car is on us! Split up!" Sweet ordered.

Ryder, ahead of everyone, turned back, and yelled to Smoke and CJ, "Keep up mother fucker!"

The car went after Sweet, who lost it. Meanwhile, Ryder, Smoke, and CJ were almost home, running into no trouble on the way. It turned into a competition once they got on grove street.

They started to go faster, then faster, it became a race. Ryder was in first, Smoke second, CJ third, but close behind. "Think you can keep you with the fat man?"

CJ passed both of them then stopped in front of Mamma's house. He wiped the sweat off of his forehead and took a breathe.

In no time, Sweet joined the group. Smoke, CJ, and Sweet were in a group, sitting on their bikes, talking:

"I got with them mother fuckers though! Showed them niggaz who's gansta, Ryder nigga!" Ryder announced, while doing willies, and riding around in circles around the group of men.

"So when you leaving, Carl?" Sweet asked.

"I ain't sure, thought I might stay. Things is fucked up." Carl replied.

"Well, the last thing we need is your help."

"Aw man, I won't let you down, I swear."

"Hey, we're gonna call up some hood rats and chill the fuck out. You want some?"

"I gotta whole lot going on… I'm tired… I'll catch ya'll later."

Smoke said one thing before leaving. "Hey yo, just drop in. We all hangin' out."

"Yeah, and get yourself some colors fool, and a haircut! It's embarrassing to be seen with you. Damn!" Ryder pointed out. The three ditched their bikes and walked up to Sweets small house. Who's was coincidentally right next to mamma's big house.

The sun was about going down now, in San Andreas. CJ walked up to the Johnson house, ate some cereal, and fell asleep on the couch, watching TV.